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He became <a href="/Patriarch" title="Patriarch">patriarch</a> during the time that the institution of <a href="/Charistikion" title="Charistikion">charistikion</a> was active. Charistikion was a practice wherein the donation (charistike dorea) of monasteries to private individuals was made supposedly to support the operation of monasteries, but in actuality was used by the wealthy gentry to gain income. This practice was strongly supported by emperor Basil for which his law <i>Peri ton dynaton</i> had been enacted. </p><p>Patr. Sisinnius, on becoming patriarch, challenged this institution by terminating  patriarchal participation in the program. Sisinnius ordered the return of all patriarchal monasteries that had been alienated from the Church by his predecessors, not only under the charistike dorea program but also for property that had been transferred under an earlier parallel program called <i>epidosis</i><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1">[1]</a></sup>. </p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Note">Note</span></h2> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-1">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">from the Greek word epididomi, ἐπιδίδωμι (to give over (by hand or surrender)</span> </li> </ol></div> <table class="toccolours" border="1" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; margin:0 auto;"> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="background:#ffdead;"> <center>Succession box:<br /><b>Sisinnius II of Constantinople</b></center> </th></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <td width="30%">Preceded by:<br /><b><a href="/Nicholas_II_Chrysoberges_of_Constantinople" title="Nicholas II Chrysoberges of Constantinople">Nicholas II Chrysoberges</a></b> </td> <td width="40%" style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="/List_of_Patriarchs_of_Constantinople" title="List of Patriarchs of Constantinople">Patriarch of Constantinople</a></b><br />996-998 </td> <td width="30%">Succeeded by:<br /><b><a href="/Sergius_II_of_Constantinople" title="Sergius II of Constantinople">Sergius II</a></b> </td></tr></table><center><small><a href="/OrthodoxWiki:Style_Manual_(Succession_boxes)" title="OrthodoxWiki:Style Manual (Succession boxes)">Help with box</a></small></center> <p><br style="clear: both;" /> </p><p><br /> </p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Source">Source</span></h2> <ul><li><a class="external text" href="http://www.stmaryofegypt.org/typika/typ017.html">Byzantine Monastic Foundation Documents</a></li></ul> <p>[Category:10th-century bishops]] </p>   </div></div> <div class="printfooter"> Retrieved from "<a dir="ltr" href="https://orthodoxwiki.org/index.php?title=Sisinnius_II_of_Constantinople&oldid=107321">https://orthodoxwiki.org/index.php?title=Sisinnius_II_of_Constantinople&oldid=107321</a>" </div> <div id="catlinks" class="catlinks" data-mw="interface"><div id="mw-normal-catlinks" class="mw-normal-catlinks"><a href="/Special:Categories" title="Special:Categories">Categories</a>: <ul><li><a href="/Category:Bishops" title="Category:Bishops">Bishops</a></li><li><a href="/Category:Patriarchs_of_Constantinople" title="Category:Patriarchs of Constantinople">Patriarchs of Constantinople</a></li></ul></div><br /><hr /><a href="/Category:Categories" title="Category:Categories">Categories</a> > <a href="/Category:People" title="Category:People">People</a> > <a href="/Category:Clergy" title="Category:Clergy">Clergy</a> > <a href="/Category:Bishops" title="Category:Bishops">Bishops</a><br /> <a href="/Category:Categories" title="Category:Categories">Categories</a> > <a href="/Category:People" title="Category:People">People</a> > <a href="/Category:Clergy" title="Category:Clergy">Clergy</a> > <a href="/Category:Bishops" title="Category:Bishops">Bishops</a><br /> <a href="/Category:Categories" title="Category:Categories">Categories</a> > <a href="/Category:People" title="Category:People">People</a> > <a href="/Category:Clergy" title="Category:Clergy">Clergy</a> > <a href="/Category:Bishops" title="Category:Bishops">Bishops</a> > <a href="/Category:Bishops_by_city" title="Category:Bishops by city">Bishops by city</a> > <a href="/Category:Patriarchs_of_Constantinople" title="Category:Patriarchs of Constantinople">Patriarchs of Constantinople</a></div> <div class="visualClear"></div> </div> </div> <div id="mw-navigation"> <h2>Navigation menu</h2> <div id="mw-head"> <div id="p-personal" role="navigation" class="" aria-labelledby="p-personal-label"> <h3 id="p-personal-label">Personal tools</h3> <ul> <li id="pt-login"><a href="/index.php?title=Special:UserLogin&returnto=Sisinnius+II+of+Constantinople&returntoquery=curid%3D18654" title="You are encouraged to log in; 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